Critical

An authentication bypass vulnerability in GENESIS, GENESIS64, ICONICS Suite, Hyper Historian, AnalytiX, MobileHMI, IoTWorX, MC Works64, GENESIS32 and BizViz

Type: advisorySource: Official CVE List1 source record

Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password vulnerability in Mitsubishi Electric GENESIS versions 11.03 and prior, GENESIS64 versions 10.97.3 and prior, ICONICS Suite versions 10.97.3 and prior, Hyper Historian versions 10.97.3 and prior, AnalytiX versions 10.97.3 and prior, MobileHMI 10.97.3 and prior, IoTWorX 10.97.3 and prior, MC Works64 all versions, GENESIS32 all versions, BizViz all versions, Mitsubishi Electric Iconics Digital Solutions GENESIS versions 11.03 and prior, GENESIS64 versions 10.97.3 and prior, ICONICS Suite versions 10.97.3 and prior, Hyper Historian versions 10.97.3 and prior, AnalytiX versions 10.97.3 and prior, MobileHMI 10.97.3 and prior, IoTWorX 10.97.3 and prior, GENESIS32 all versions, and BizViz all versions allows a remote attacker to unlock the system by obtaining the challenge response by some means. The challenge response used to unlock the system is common to all users and fixed. As a result, the attacker may disclose, tamper with, destroy, or delete internal information, or cause the affected system to enter a denial-of-service (DoS) condition.

Announced 15 Oct 2026Group revision 1

Original source ↗

CVE-2026-16436

Primary source · Revision 1

Imported from structured advisory data. Source references identify upstream records or fields; verify affected versions and your deployed configuration.

Security context

Source reference: cve:CVE-2026-16436

GENESIS

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GENESIS

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GENESIS64

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/2/product

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GENESIS64

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/3/product

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ICONICS Suite

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/4/product

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ICONICS Suite

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/5/product

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Hyper Historian

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/6/product

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Hyper Historian

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/7/product

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AnalytiX

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/8/product

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AnalytiX

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/9/product

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MobileHMI

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/10/product

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MobileHMI

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/11/product

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IoTWorX

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/12/product

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IoTWorX

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/13/product

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MC Works64

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/14/product

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GENESIS32

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/15/product

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GENESIS32

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/16/product

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BizViz

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/17/product

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BizViz

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/18/product

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Structured affected-version data

Original package identities and version rules from this source.

[
  {
    "vendor": "Mitsubishi Electric Corporation",
    "product": "GENESIS",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "versions 11.03 and prior"
      }
    ],
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected"
  },
  {
    "vendor": "Mitsubishi Electric Iconics Digital Solutions",
    "product": "GENESIS",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "versions 11.03 and prior"
      }
    ],
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected"
  },
  {
    "vendor": "Mitsubishi Electric Corporation",
    "product": "GENESIS64",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "versions 10.97.3 and prior"
      }
    ],
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected"
  },
  {
    "vendor": "Mitsubishi Electric Iconics Digital Solutions",
    "product": "GENESIS64",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "versions 10.97.3 and prior"
      }
    ],
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected"
  },
  {
    "vendor": "Mitsubishi Electric Corporation",
    "product": "ICONICS Suite",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "versions 10.97.3 and prior"
      }
    ],
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected"
  },
  {
    "vendor": "Mitsubishi Electric Iconics Digital Solutions",
    "product": "ICONICS Suite",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "versions 10.97.3 and prior"
      }
    ],
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected"
  },
  {
    "vendor": "Mitsubishi Electric Corporation",
    "product": "Hyper Historian",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "versions 10.97.3 and prior"
      }
    ],
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected"
  },
  {
    "vendor": "Mitsubishi Electric Iconics Digital Solutions",
    "product": "Hyper Historian",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "versions 10.97.3 and prior"
      }
    ],
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected"
  },
  {
    "vendor": "Mitsubishi Electric Corporation",
    "product": "AnalytiX",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "versions 10.97.3 and prior"
      }
    ],
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected"
  },
  {
    "vendor": "Mitsubishi Electric Iconics Digital Solutions",
    "product": "AnalytiX",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "versions 10.97.3 and prior"
      }
    ],
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected"
  },
  {
    "vendor": "Mitsubishi Electric Corporation",
    "product": "MobileHMI",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "versions 10.97.3 and prior"
      }
    ],
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected"
  },
  {
    "vendor": "Mitsubishi Electric Iconics Digital Solutions",
    "product": "MobileHMI",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "versions 10.97.3 and prior"
      }
    ],
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected"
  },
  {
    "vendor": "Mitsubishi Electric Corporation",
    "product": "IoTWorX",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "versions 10.97.3 and prior"
      }
    ],
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected"
  },
  {
    "vendor": "Mitsubishi Electric Iconics Digital Solutions",
    "product": "IoTWorX",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "versions 10.97.3 and prior"
      }
    ],
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected"
  },
  {
    "vendor": "Mitsubishi Electric Corporation",
    "product": "MC Works64",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "all versions"
      }
    ],
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected"
  },
  {
    "vendor": "Mitsubishi Electric Corporation",
    "product": "GENESIS32",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "all versions"
      }
    ],
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected"
  },
  {
    "vendor": "Mitsubishi Electric Iconics Digital Solutions",
    "product": "GENESIS32",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "all versions"
      }
    ],
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected"
  },
  {
    "vendor": "Mitsubishi Electric Corporation",
    "product": "BizViz",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "all versions"
      }
    ],
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected"
  },
  {
    "vendor": "Mitsubishi Electric Iconics Digital Solutions",
    "product": "BizViz",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "all versions"
      }
    ],
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected"
  }
]

Related CVEs: CVE-2026-16436
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Publisher severity

critical

Source reference: /containers/cna/metrics

Event: #32323 · Revision 1
Added to Heist Feed: Sun, 25 Oct 2026 08:47:20 GMT
Publisher date: Thu, 15 Oct 2026 08:29:44 GMT

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Revision history

25 Oct 2026CVE-2026-16436 · Revision 1Source updated